Downtown Niles Center Map, 1886
Title
Downtown Niles Center Map, 1886
Creator
Description
Hand-drawn detail map of downtown Niles Center (Skokie), Illinois, taken from Snyder's Real Estate Map of Cook County published in 1886 from the collection of the Chicago Historical Society. Areas labeled include: Niles Center Road, Dempster Street, Oakton Street, Lincoln Avenue, and Touhy Avenue.
From Chapter 9, "Niles Township: From Snyder's Real Estate Map, 1886," in Skokie: A Community History Using Old Maps by David Buisseret (Chicago Neighborhood History Project, and the Skokie Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1985).
Date
1886
Publisher
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project
Contributor
Snyder, L.M.
Rights
No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Medium
maps
Source
Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Provenance
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Spatial Coverage
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Temporal Coverage
Is Part Of
David Buisseret, Skokie, a Community History Using Old Maps
Citation
Buisseret, David, “Downtown Niles Center Map, 1886,” Skokie History Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/items/show/3138.